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he was appointed by president obama. he was a prominent figure in drafting and implementing dodd-frank. but he has recently lamented -- quote -- "to the extent that a growing systemic footprint increases perceptions of at least some residual too-big-to-fail quality in such a firm" -- meaning a megabank" -- not withstanding the panoply of dodd-frank and our regulations, there may be funding advantages for the firm which reinforces the impulse to grow." close quote. in a little more blunt terms, our colleague, senator elizabeth warren, who was also a figure in coming up with dodd-frank, said recently in our banking committee hearing with chairman bernanke -- quote -- "i'd like to go to the question about too big to fail, that we haven't gotten rid of it yet. and so now we have a double problem. and that is the big banks, big at the time they were bailed out the first time, have gotten bigger. at the same time investors believed with too big to fail out there it's safer to put your money into the big banks and not the littl
he was appointed by president obama. he was a prominent figure in drafting and implementing dodd-frank. but he has recently lamented -- quote -- "to the extent that a growing systemic footprint increases perceptions of at least some residual too-big-to-fail quality in such a firm" -- meaning a megabank" -- not withstanding the panoply of dodd-frank and our regulations, there may be funding advantages for the firm which reinforces the impulse to grow." close quote. in a...
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obama talked briefly with both republican leaders during a ceremony unveiling a statue of rosa parks on capitol hill. caught in this photo, it's the first time they met in face to face since december. in a last-ditch scramble democrats and republicans in the senate have crafted legislation to avoid the cuts but both bills are expected to die later today. >> when they put forward gimmicks instead of negotiating serious spending cut solutions, americans feel like they're not being listened to. >> reporter: dire warnings from agencies and departments about the negative effects of the sequester have continued, but republicans question whether the warnings are justified. last sunday on cbs' "face the nation" education secretary arne duncan said this -- >> there are literally teachers now who are getting pink slips, who are getting notices, they can't come back this fall. >> reporter: but when pressed wednesday during a meeting duncan conceded he knew only one county nationwide whether there have been notices and -- >> whether it's all press related, i don't know. >> reporter: and as it tu
obama talked briefly with both republican leaders during a ceremony unveiling a statue of rosa parks on capitol hill. caught in this photo, it's the first time they met in face to face since december. in a last-ditch scramble democrats and republicans in the senate have crafted legislation to avoid the cuts but both bills are expected to die later today. >> when they put forward gimmicks instead of negotiating serious spending cut solutions, americans feel like they're not being listened...
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as president obama said yesterday, it would simply raise the question "do you end funding that helps disabled children or poor children? do i close this naval shipyard or that one?" it is not a solution and even members of the republican caucus have questioned this proposal, and they've said so publicly. and, mr. president, why would they -- the republicans, part of the legislative branch of government -- cede more power to the white house? republicans should give congress true flexibility, flexibility to cut wasteful subsidies, flexibility to close down necessary tax hoo loopholes, and flexibility to ask the richest of the rich to contribute a little bit more. instead, they've completely become inflexible insisting we risk hundreds of thousands of american jobs as well as programs that strengthen families and small businesses across the nation. but that should, mr. president, i'm sorry to say, come as no surprise. as usual, the republicans have put the demands of special interests -- the richest of the rich, people making up to $5 million a year, not being asked to contribute 30% of
as president obama said yesterday, it would simply raise the question "do you end funding that helps disabled children or poor children? do i close this naval shipyard or that one?" it is not a solution and even members of the republican caucus have questioned this proposal, and they've said so publicly. and, mr. president, why would they -- the republicans, part of the legislative branch of government -- cede more power to the white house? republicans should give congress true...
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president obama isn't fearmongering over the sequester, he is looking out for american people. it's something sean hannity knows nothing about. now, with that, i'm just going to let congressman ellison wrap things up. >> quite frankly, you are the worst excuse for a journalist i've ever seen. >>> their days of holding our country hostage are coming to an end. >> illinois voters fire a shot heard around the country there is major movement on gun safety and the big congressional panel weighs in next. >>> a north dakota lawmaker objects to a missing children's law, and she is using jesus as her excuse. the bizarre story ahead. >>> and does the nfl have the right to ask about sexual orientation? >> do you have a girlfriend? are you married? do you like girls? >> super bowl champion brendan ayanbadejo of the baltimore ravens takes on the nfl's tolerance for gay players. that's ahead. >>> and we are back. it was an emotional day on capitol hill as the debate over an assault weapons ban came to a senate hearing. we heard from the father of 6-year-old jesse lewis, one of the 20 childre
president obama isn't fearmongering over the sequester, he is looking out for american people. it's something sean hannity knows nothing about. now, with that, i'm just going to let congressman ellison wrap things up. >> quite frankly, you are the worst excuse for a journalist i've ever seen. >>> their days of holding our country hostage are coming to an end. >> illinois voters fire a shot heard around the country there is major movement on gun safety and the big...
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president obama talks about the spending cuts. the senate judiciary committee will take on the banning assault weapons. >> the problem with banning any book is that once the ban on one we do not know when it will stop. that the road takes us back to totalitarian states it has been banned it many times, especially in classrooms. simply because of the sometimes a parent does not understand the model. the-i read it. has been cases where the school boards or parents have asked to ban and the model. it turns out they just have not read it. words or a phrase, here or there or a paragraph, but i am glad in every instance where censorship of the model has happened, every instance that i know of, the parents, families have gone to the schools and said, look, this is our important to literature and the cannot ban because you pick a word or two or a paragraph. in every case, the bending has been overturned it. quirks more and censorship and the bandit groups as american tv looks behind the scenes of the liberace said today at noon on c-span
president obama talks about the spending cuts. the senate judiciary committee will take on the banning assault weapons. >> the problem with banning any book is that once the ban on one we do not know when it will stop. that the road takes us back to totalitarian states it has been banned it many times, especially in classrooms. simply because of the sometimes a parent does not understand the model. the-i read it. has been cases where the school boards or parents have asked to ban and the...
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worldwide fame frankly been who had bone cancer was also awarded the national medal of arts by president obama twenty ten. coming up on r.t. tonight america's massive defense budget of where the country's security threats could come from next cross-talk after this break. to the. science technology innovation called the least developed from around russia we've got the future covered. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. is it secret lover a tour to mccurry was able to build a new most sophisticated robot which on fortunately doesn't give a dollar amount anything tunes mission to teach music creation why it should care about humans in the world this is why you should care only on the dot com. hello and welcome to cross talk were all things considered i'm peter lavelle to debate over the u.s. defense budget is quite heated well not creating much like why does the was need such a va
worldwide fame frankly been who had bone cancer was also awarded the national medal of arts by president obama twenty ten. coming up on r.t. tonight america's massive defense budget of where the country's security threats could come from next cross-talk after this break. to the. science technology innovation called the least developed from around russia we've got the future covered. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something...
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those are not president obama's numbers. those are the numbers from the bipartisan -- by the non partisan, independent congressional budget office. 750,000 fewer american jobs by the end of this year if we don't replace the sequester. this majority in this house has not taken any action this year in this congress to prevent that sequester from happening beginning friday. not one step. we have now asked three times for the opportunity to vote on our alternative. what's our alternative, mr. speaker? our alternative would replace the sequester with a balanced mix of cuts and revenue generated by closing tax loopholes and tax preferences that benefit the very wealthy. very specifically because it's a concrete proposal, we would get rid of the direct payments that go to agribusinesses, something that used to be -- have bipartisan support. because that's an unnecessary subsidy that has outlived its purpose. so that's a cut. we also say we no longer need taxpayer subsidies for the big oil companies. guess what? that's an idea that
those are not president obama's numbers. those are the numbers from the bipartisan -- by the non partisan, independent congressional budget office. 750,000 fewer american jobs by the end of this year if we don't replace the sequester. this majority in this house has not taken any action this year in this congress to prevent that sequester from happening beginning friday. not one step. we have now asked three times for the opportunity to vote on our alternative. what's our alternative, mr....
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what did president obama say? "one vision has been championed by republicans in the house of representatives. it's a plan that aims to reduce our deficit by $4 trillion over the next ten years, but the way this plan achieves that goal would lead to a fundamentally different america than the one we've known throughout most of our history this is a vision that says up to 50 million americans have to lose their health and insurance in order for us to reduce the deficit and who are those 50 million americans? many are someone's grandparents who wouldn't be able to afford nursing home care without medicaid, many are poor children, some are middle-class families who have had their children with autism or down's syndrome. these are the americans we'd be telling to fend for themselves." so this is a level of debate we're in in washington, that when congressman ryan deals honestly with the challenges we face, that tighten the belts across the board, created a mechanisms to enhance american growth and job creation, this is
what did president obama say? "one vision has been championed by republicans in the house of representatives. it's a plan that aims to reduce our deficit by $4 trillion over the next ten years, but the way this plan achieves that goal would lead to a fundamentally different america than the one we've known throughout most of our history this is a vision that says up to 50 million americans have to lose their health and insurance in order for us to reduce the deficit and who are those 50...
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. >> there are no signs that president obama and congressional republicans are closed a budget deal just two days before $86 billion in cuts are said that federal programs. leaders of federal employee labor unions have been working furiously to bridge swayed agency managers to make at other cuts that will affect employee paychecks. agencies do insist on furloughs, unions say they can bargain over when they take place. more than half of the nation's 2.1 million government workers may be required to take furloughs agencies are forced to trim budgets. it is official, the senate has voted to confirm check payabschuck hagel as defense secretary. after bruising a bruising nomination process, he now takes over from outgoing secretary leon panetta. republicans harshly criticize them over his pass statements on sensitive political and national security matters. hey! did you know that honey nut cheerios has oats that can help lower cholesterol? and it tastes good? sure does! ♪ wow. [ buzz ] delicious, right? yeah. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... ♪ well, would you look at the time... wh
. >> there are no signs that president obama and congressional republicans are closed a budget deal just two days before $86 billion in cuts are said that federal programs. leaders of federal employee labor unions have been working furiously to bridge swayed agency managers to make at other cuts that will affect employee paychecks. agencies do insist on furloughs, unions say they can bargain over when they take place. more than half of the nation's 2.1 million government workers may be...
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and bad leadership from president obama is to be blame. in the last four years almost every important budget deadline has been met with impasse and little has been done to enact a responsible budget. systematic failure to perform the basic responsibilities of governing has led us to the catastrophic sequestration we see today. president obama came up with this idea for the sequester as a temporary solution to another fiscal crisis in 2011. as we have been saying for months, house republicans are the only ones who have taken action to balance the budget. the last congress the house passed two bills. the sequester replacement and reconciliation act, and the spending reduction act. however in recent remarks at the white house, president obama attempted to blame house republicans who control only one half of 1/3 of the government for the looming cuts. if there is going to be a solution, president obama is going to have to work with his own political party in the senate and negotiate with the house. yet all the president has done so far is call
and bad leadership from president obama is to be blame. in the last four years almost every important budget deadline has been met with impasse and little has been done to enact a responsible budget. systematic failure to perform the basic responsibilities of governing has led us to the catastrophic sequestration we see today. president obama came up with this idea for the sequester as a temporary solution to another fiscal crisis in 2011. as we have been saying for months, house republicans...
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. >>> as the crisis in syria escalates the obama administration is considering whether or not to provide assistance to the forces. the direct aid could include military equipment, vehicles and training. >>> and a new commercial for a british chocolate company is raising eyebrows online. in it audrey hepburn is from beyond the grave 20 years after her death thanks to cgi technology. folks lighting up with criticism. her sons released the statement said they're proud of the commercial and that her mother always loved chocolate. it's beautifully done. pretty amazing to see. nine minutes after the hour. back to matt now. >>> we have a big storm on the northeast but we're on the warm side of of it. >> exactly. there's a lot of rain, a lot of wind. it's going to continue for the next 12 hours. along the coast we're looking at rain, inland we're expecting snow. snowfall ams as you can see, we've got winter weather advisories and winter storm warnings stretching from missouri into new england. the rainfall amounts, about a quarter inch of rain to half an inch but snow anywhere from 3 to 9 inches
. >>> as the crisis in syria escalates the obama administration is considering whether or not to provide assistance to the forces. the direct aid could include military equipment, vehicles and training. >>> and a new commercial for a british chocolate company is raising eyebrows online. in it audrey hepburn is from beyond the grave 20 years after her death thanks to cgi technology. folks lighting up with criticism. her sons released the statement said they're proud of the...
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senator lindsey graham met with president obama yesterday to discuss immigration reform. we are also told that they did talk about sequestration and we don't have many more details than that. but senator graham has said this week that he would support adding some new revenues to a deal if it meant sparing the pentagon from big cuts. back to new york. >> steve: straight talk. >> brian: thanks. we heard from the transportation secretary, the interior secretary and also heard from the homeland security secretary about how bad this is going to be over the last five days. so let's focus on homeland security. they are in charge of picking up illegal immigrants, holding them and keeping track of them. they have decided we're probably better off to save money releasing 500 of them and doing some -- tracking the detainees in a different way because they only have $1.86 billion in the budget and at a cost of $164 a day, they felt they had no choice but to loose them loose in arizona. >> gretchen: i don't understand why they would have to release them before the sequester takes plac
senator lindsey graham met with president obama yesterday to discuss immigration reform. we are also told that they did talk about sequestration and we don't have many more details than that. but senator graham has said this week that he would support adding some new revenues to a deal if it meant sparing the pentagon from big cuts. back to new york. >> steve: straight talk. >> brian: thanks. we heard from the transportation secretary, the interior secretary and also heard from the...
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now that he has been out there with obama on hurricane sandy, now that he praised president obama and fem cismd for the great response opinion hurricane sandy, now that he has come out and embraced obamacare and the expansion of medicaid now that he's been rejected at the conservative political action committee, never invited by cpac to address them, does this mean as democrats we have to be behind chris cristie? emily's list said no yesterday. we will talk to them a little bit later about it because they point out that chris cristsie anti-choice, that chris christie is anti-marriage equality that chris christie is certainly anti-teacher and anti-public employee. on the other hand, he's proven to be a pretty moderate republican and that he is not afraid fobreak with his party and stand up with president obama when he think obama is doing the right thing. et cetera the only leading republican in the country today, i think, who does that. right? >> yeah. >> bill: not john boehner, not mitch mcconnell, not john freakin opinion mccain, not lipped see graham. you know, you name it. not joh
now that he has been out there with obama on hurricane sandy, now that he praised president obama and fem cismd for the great response opinion hurricane sandy, now that he has come out and embraced obamacare and the expansion of medicaid now that he's been rejected at the conservative political action committee, never invited by cpac to address them, does this mean as democrats we have to be behind chris cristie? emily's list said no yesterday. we will talk to them a little bit later about it...
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obama cannot be trusted. >> the american people know the president gets more money, they're just going to spend it. the fact is that he's gotten his tax hikesment it's time to focus on the real problem here in washington and that is spending. >> ifill: boehner complained that the president is busy holding campaign rallies while senate democrats do nothing. in the last congress the republican-controlled house passed two alternatives. >> we should not have to move a third bill before the senate gets off their ass and begins to do something. >> ifill: senate majority leader harry reid shot back. >> i think he should understand who is sitting on their pose tear i don't remember. we're doing our here to pass something. and the reason he's not bringing up something over there is because he can't pass it. he can't get his caucus to agree on anything. >> ifill: but republican senator roy blunt of missouri said democrats have to face facts. >> the spending cuts are going to happen. and the option now for the president is, do you want to work for a different way for these same savings to be achi
obama cannot be trusted. >> the american people know the president gets more money, they're just going to spend it. the fact is that he's gotten his tax hikesment it's time to focus on the real problem here in washington and that is spending. >> ifill: boehner complained that the president is busy holding campaign rallies while senate democrats do nothing. in the last congress the republican-controlled house passed two alternatives. >> we should not have to move a third bill...
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he later stated in part, "we support strongly and without a vacation president obama cozy nominee chuck hagel to be the next secretary -- "we support strongly president obama's nominee chuck hagel to be the next secretary of defense." his political courage have impressed us all. he has stood up for what he believes is best for the united states. time and again he has chosen to take a path of standing up for our nation rather than a path of clinical expedients. he has supported the pillars of a strong military, robust ownership, a commitment to the security of israel as a friend and ally, a determination to stop the proliferation of new layer weapons, the defense of human rights as a core principle of america's role in the world. we urge speedy confirmation of chuck hagel. this is next down being -- this is an outstanding patriot. if confirmed, senator hagel will be the first former enlisted man in the first veteran of the vietnam war to serve as secretary of defense. his background gives a senator hagel and invaluable respective but only with respect to the difficult decisions and recom
he later stated in part, "we support strongly and without a vacation president obama cozy nominee chuck hagel to be the next secretary -- "we support strongly president obama's nominee chuck hagel to be the next secretary of defense." his political courage have impressed us all. he has stood up for what he believes is best for the united states. time and again he has chosen to take a path of standing up for our nation rather than a path of clinical expedients. he has supported...
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president obama, speaking at a shipyard in new port news, virginia, delivered fresh warnings today that the spending cuts would result in painful, self-inflicted wounds. >> because of these automatic cuts, about 90,000 virginians who work for the department of defense would be forced to take unpaid leave from their jobs. so that's money out of their pockets. money out of their paychecks. and then that means there's going to be a ripple effect on thousands of other jobs and businesses and services throughout the commonwealth. >> ifill: the president pressed for a compromise that combines targeted spending cuts with increased tax revenue. >> there are too many republicans in congress right now who refuse to compromise even an inch when it comes to closing tax loopholes and special interest tax breaks. and that's what's holding things up right now. >> ifill: the administration announced today another response to the impending cuts. the release of hundreds of detainees held at immigration detention centers. republicans called it a ploy. and back at the capitol, house speaker john boehner sa
president obama, speaking at a shipyard in new port news, virginia, delivered fresh warnings today that the spending cuts would result in painful, self-inflicted wounds. >> because of these automatic cuts, about 90,000 virginians who work for the department of defense would be forced to take unpaid leave from their jobs. so that's money out of their pockets. money out of their paychecks. and then that means there's going to be a ripple effect on thousands of other jobs and businesses and...
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later, president obama is in newport news, virginia. he speaks of the impacts the cuts would have on the middle class. wednesday, then bernanke will deliver his semiannual policy report before the house financial services committee. we will be live with the second day on capitol hill starting at wednesday at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span 3. a committee examines that u.s. citizenship and immigration e- verify program. we will be live starting at 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >> you have to understand that all of the founders'primary concern, numero uno, was with national security. what would they say about a company such as lock key? based on how they acted in other instances, they would have grudgingly favored a bailout. it supplied the united states at the time with this top fighter jet and top three conair planes. i think you can make an argument that they would have supported chrysler back in the 1980s, but not the bailout of chrysler today. the difference? back then chrysler made tanks. they were our only tank manufacturer. when chrysl
later, president obama is in newport news, virginia. he speaks of the impacts the cuts would have on the middle class. wednesday, then bernanke will deliver his semiannual policy report before the house financial services committee. we will be live with the second day on capitol hill starting at wednesday at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span 3. a committee examines that u.s. citizenship and immigration e- verify program. we will be live starting at 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >> you have to...
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president obama explains those spending cuts to enable workers in virginia. it seems they are not impressed. >> it will affect a lot of people, and not just shipyard people. it will trickle down. >> and the emblem of afghanistan's hidden women is going out of style and sales in the capital are falling. welcome to our viewers on public television in america, and elsewhere around the globe. viewing injuns egypt -- viewing egypt's henchen sites from hot air balloon has long been a tourist attraction, but to date a tragedy. 19 people on board were killed near luxor.
president obama explains those spending cuts to enable workers in virginia. it seems they are not impressed. >> it will affect a lot of people, and not just shipyard people. it will trickle down. >> and the emblem of afghanistan's hidden women is going out of style and sales in the capital are falling. welcome to our viewers on public television in america, and elsewhere around the globe. viewing injuns egypt -- viewing egypt's henchen sites from hot air balloon has long been a...
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president obama is isn't holding back either. he went to a naval shipyard in virginia to renew his warnings about the impact of those forced spending cuts. he's now back at the white house. our chief white house correspondent, jessica yellin, is there as well with more on what is going on. jessica? >> reporter: wolf, senior administration officials tell me, they're beginning to see cracks in republican's unified position, that they want those forced spending cuts to go into effect on friday as is. but the truth is, those cracks are few and friday's deadline is approaching quickly. at a shipyard near the largest naval base in the world, president obama fired a warning shot. >> this work, along with hundreds of thousands of jobs, are currently in jeopardy because of politics in washington. >> reporter: the 21,000 workers at this massive plant could suffer if congress doesn't cut a deal to avoid the forced spending cuts that trigger this friday. mr. obama says a slowdown here could have ripple effects across the economy. virginia re
president obama is isn't holding back either. he went to a naval shipyard in virginia to renew his warnings about the impact of those forced spending cuts. he's now back at the white house. our chief white house correspondent, jessica yellin, is there as well with more on what is going on. jessica? >> reporter: wolf, senior administration officials tell me, they're beginning to see cracks in republican's unified position, that they want those forced spending cuts to go into effect on...
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michelle obama at the oscars is fine. ronald reagan at the super bowl is fine and then president dukakis at oscars is fine with me, too. >> living the dream. i'm shocked you do not remember the newspaper headlines from that day in 1985 but it's all right. >> scored the game. >> of course you do. well and i would say, too, i mean with the whole controversy such as it is about the first lady at the oscars, i don't think any normal and by normal person i mean nonpartisan who doesn't already have a strong opinion about the first lady is really concerned about this or thinking about this. i think most people thought it was nice or didn't really think about it that much and moved on with their lives now and first ladies throughout history have really made that role in to whatever they have wanted it to be. eleanor roosevelt probably still the most outspoken fairslydy. she had press conferences. penned a column. she had different views than her husband and was outspoken about them. and interestingly, when hillary clinton was fir
michelle obama at the oscars is fine. ronald reagan at the super bowl is fine and then president dukakis at oscars is fine with me, too. >> living the dream. i'm shocked you do not remember the newspaper headlines from that day in 1985 but it's all right. >> scored the game. >> of course you do. well and i would say, too, i mean with the whole controversy such as it is about the first lady at the oscars, i don't think any normal and by normal person i mean nonpartisan who...
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that hurts this economy and your obama line. because of these automatic cuts about 90,000 virginians who work for the department of defense would be forced to take unpaid leave from their jobs. then that means there's going to be a ripple effect on thousands of other jobs and businesses and southwests throughout the commonwealth because if they don't have money in their pockets or less money in their pockets, that means they're less able to afford to buy goods and services from other businesses, so it's not just restricted to the defense industry. all told, the sequester could cost tens of thousands of jobs right here in virginia. it doesn't just stop there. if the sequester goes into effect, more than 2,000 college students would lose their financial aid. for nearly 1,000 children and 18,000 fewer virginians would get the skill and training they need to find a job. across the country these cuts will force federal prosecutors to close cases and potentially let criminals go. air traffic controllers and aircraft security will see
that hurts this economy and your obama line. because of these automatic cuts about 90,000 virginians who work for the department of defense would be forced to take unpaid leave from their jobs. then that means there's going to be a ripple effect on thousands of other jobs and businesses and southwests throughout the commonwealth because if they don't have money in their pockets or less money in their pockets, that means they're less able to afford to buy goods and services from other...
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i asked the president and president obama to join the house in -- the senate and president obama to join the house in doing this. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise? without objection. mr. higgins: mr. speaker, sequestration is will have serious consequences for the niagara falls air reserve station which is tremendously important to the economy of western new york. if congress does not repeal the sequester, the air force will delay the construction of a $6.1 million flight simulator at the base, a project that is critical to securing the base's continued operation. there would also be an impact on jobs. 2,300 air force civilians in new york will be furloughed, causing 17.7 million -- $17.7 million in lost wages across the state. mr. speaker, sequestration was the ransom the tea party demanded when it held the american economy hostage over the debt limit. but with 750,000 american jobs at stake, this process will inflict real and permanent damage on the american economy. congress
i asked the president and president obama to join the house in -- the senate and president obama to join the house in doing this. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise? without objection. mr. higgins: mr. speaker, sequestration is will have serious consequences for the niagara falls air reserve station which is tremendously important to the economy of western new york. if congress does not...
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. >>> two key republicans will meet with president obama at the white house to talk about immigration reform. arizona arizona john mccain and lindsay graham are part of a bipartisan senate group who want to fix the immigration system. >>> and new this morning, we now know what the outgoing pope will be called during retirement. pope benedict xvi will be known as emeritus pope and he'll go by your holiness benedict xvi. the pope made the decision himself. the pope is stepping down officially this thursday. >> cool. you can decide. >> call me your holiness. whatever he wants, he gets. >> he's the big daddy. >>> hewlett packard ceo meg whitman joined a group of republicans breaking from the party to support gay marriage. >> scott mcgrew says she's been pretty hard to pin down on this issue. >> she's held a number of positions. good morning. as ceo of ebay, she was for benefits to domestic partners, which at the time in the 1990s was progressive. her views moved right when she ran for governor of california as a republican. at that time she supported prop 8, which defined marriage as betw
. >>> two key republicans will meet with president obama at the white house to talk about immigration reform. arizona arizona john mccain and lindsay graham are part of a bipartisan senate group who want to fix the immigration system. >>> and new this morning, we now know what the outgoing pope will be called during retirement. pope benedict xvi will be known as emeritus pope and he'll go by your holiness benedict xvi. the pope made the decision himself. the pope is stepping...
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washington willing spending more than when president obama got here, even with the sequester. we're only talking about cutting a tenth -- a tenth -- of what the president spent on the stimulus bill. enough. enough. step one in the process of getting to a serious solution is to end the white house denial of historical reality. we're starting to get there slowly but surely. more importantly, though, is the next step -- that's when the president and the democratic allies -- his democratic allies actually come up to the table and negotiate in a serious way without gimmicks and without gales on how best to -- and without games on how best to reduce washington spending. so let's shelf the tax hikes and the endless campaigning. finally i think there's an own n even larger point to be made here. the president has been going on warning of utter chaos if the set offer takes effect -- if the sequester takes effect. while i agree that those cuts could be made in a much smarter way -- and i don't like the fact that they fall disproportionally on defense -- what does it say that we can't cu
washington willing spending more than when president obama got here, even with the sequester. we're only talking about cutting a tenth -- a tenth -- of what the president spent on the stimulus bill. enough. enough. step one in the process of getting to a serious solution is to end the white house denial of historical reality. we're starting to get there slowly but surely. more importantly, though, is the next step -- that's when the president and the democratic allies -- his democratic allies...
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rush limbaugh oh michelle obama at the oscars. >> yeah. >> a lot of people saying michelle obama hijacked the academy awards last night. the shock surprise being introduced at the end of the show by jack nickelson to announce the best movie. she looked like anybody would have -- don't misunderstand -- one bite can swallow that whole room, and the optics of course are what matters, and i thought of 1984 -- the macintosh ad from the super bowl in 1984 where exact type of scenario except michelle obama was actually the dear heard of this obviously totalitarian state. >> stephanie: right. just like when laura bush did it -- >> it was the title of a book by georgeorwell. >> and michelle obama didn't pound single fist. >> stephanie: all right. bill o'reilly, also on michelle obama. >> this smacks does it not of hollywood left boosterism. i want to save my case for the far-left nuts that are monitoring this segment. no nancy reagan. no barbara bush, no laura bush. but oh, there's michelle obama. hey, how are you? and it's pure propaganda play to make them glamorous. >> stephanie: yeah except lau
rush limbaugh oh michelle obama at the oscars. >> yeah. >> a lot of people saying michelle obama hijacked the academy awards last night. the shock surprise being introduced at the end of the show by jack nickelson to announce the best movie. she looked like anybody would have -- don't misunderstand -- one bite can swallow that whole room, and the optics of course are what matters, and i thought of 1984 -- the macintosh ad from the super bowl in 1984 where exact type of scenario...
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president obama pressed congress to pass tighter restrictions on guns in the aftermath of december's deadly shooting at sandy hook elementary school. >> still ahead people and states across the country's midsection a waking up to blizzard conditions this morning. we will show you some of the snow. on kron 4 morning news continues. >> we are back. we're taking a closer look at some of the nasty weather caused by winter storm moving through the midwest today. on the left, video from wichita, kansas. >> on the ride, video for midland, texas. >> kansas seen a lot of snow in the past day they have reports of several inches on the ground right now. in texas, not as much snow fell you can see some coming down. hurricane-force winds in texas caused a few accident, and also forced highways to shut down for a short time. the amarillo airport in texas have been shut down. it closed yesterday morning and is expected to reopen this morning. let us get the weather in our area. >> good morning james you can see crystal clear conditions. temperatures not as cold as yesterday morning. in fact most of
president obama pressed congress to pass tighter restrictions on guns in the aftermath of december's deadly shooting at sandy hook elementary school. >> still ahead people and states across the country's midsection a waking up to blizzard conditions this morning. we will show you some of the snow. on kron 4 morning news continues. >> we are back. we're taking a closer look at some of the nasty weather caused by winter storm moving through the midwest today. on the left, video from...
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they do run the barack obama twitter account. which obama does tweet from still. so there is a relationship there for sure. >> bill: the truth of it is every white house every president gives special favors to major donors. they get investorships. they get invited to state dinners. they get invited to white house receptions. but there's a way of handling it that works and a way of not handling it that works. this is not the lincoln bedroom right? they're not getting to spend the night -- >> let's make it a two for one deal. >> bill: that's a $600,000 one. we'll be right back. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." everything that is going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. in reality it's not like they actually care. this is purely about political grandstanding. date, staying in touch with everything that is going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. in reality it's not like they actually care. this is purely about political grandstanding. alright, in 15 minutes we're going to do the young turks. i think the number one thing that view
they do run the barack obama twitter account. which obama does tweet from still. so there is a relationship there for sure. >> bill: the truth of it is every white house every president gives special favors to major donors. they get investorships. they get invited to state dinners. they get invited to white house receptions. but there's a way of handling it that works and a way of not handling it that works. this is not the lincoln bedroom right? they're not getting to spend the night --...
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my dream obama would abandon the big government versus small government argument. he'd point out that in a mature aging society, government isn't going anywhere. the issue is not size but sclerosis. the crucial point is not whether a dollar is spent publicly or privately, it's whether it's spent on the present or the future. the task today is reform institutions and rearrange spending so we look like a young nation and not a comfortable seeking declining one. my dream obama wouldn't be just one gladiator in the zero sum budget wars, he'd transform the sequester fight by changing the categories that undergird it, he'd possess the primary ingredient of political greatness, imagination, the great presidents like teddy roosevelt see situations differently, they ask different questions. history pivots around their terms. >> you know, great presidents also question initial assumptions. i think a lot of people's dream this would be the barack obama we were introduced to as a nation in 2004 have been dashed time and time again. he doesn't see the country as one country pol
my dream obama would abandon the big government versus small government argument. he'd point out that in a mature aging society, government isn't going anywhere. the issue is not size but sclerosis. the crucial point is not whether a dollar is spent publicly or privately, it's whether it's spent on the present or the future. the task today is reform institutions and rearrange spending so we look like a young nation and not a comfortable seeking declining one. my dream obama wouldn't be just one...
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george bush never gave obama the deficit. >> and president obama, president obama-- amassed more debt in four years than the previous. you can't escape that. >> under president obama we created jobs every month, and-- >> fewer americans working. >> losing $800,000 jobs. and we were gaining with this economy is recovering under president obama. >> thank you both. and they're unemployed and-- >> senator rand paul will join me for a live in studio interview, that's coming up, first with the help of the new york times, yes, you heard me right. we will reveal next the truth about the obama sequester. in other words, it was his idea, and you'll find out exactly why the president proposed the measure in the first place and robert gibbs admits he was instructed by the most transparent administration to lie to reporters about the administration's drone program. that's straight ahead. she knows you like no one else. and you wouldn't have it any other way. but your erectile dysfunction - you know, that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime t
george bush never gave obama the deficit. >> and president obama, president obama-- amassed more debt in four years than the previous. you can't escape that. >> under president obama we created jobs every month, and-- >> fewer americans working. >> losing $800,000 jobs. and we were gaining with this economy is recovering under president obama. >> thank you both. and they're unemployed and-- >> senator rand paul will join me for a live in studio interview,...
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as you may know barack obama is a student of history. he learned two things in particular from the greatest president in history abraham lincoln. one when putting together a cabinet you need assemble a team of rivals and two, you cannot kill a vampire with an axe. you need a built-in shotgun in that mother humper. lincoln the vampire. [ laughter ] [ laughter ] didn't take off like we thought it would. [ laughter ] but to the first point when it came time to choose a secretary of defense barack obama demonstrated lincoln-esque team rivalling by choosing former nebraska senator chuck haaag -- hagge -- hagel. [ laughter ] he is a republican. a two term senator, vietnam vet. he was a simple process away from achieving that relatively only minor as secretary of lincoln's legacy but still it was doing this having hagel or doing that and you know, nobody wants to see that. >> the one thing i'm not going to do is vote on a new secretary of defense until the old secretary of defense leon panetta, who i like very much, testifies about what happene
as you may know barack obama is a student of history. he learned two things in particular from the greatest president in history abraham lincoln. one when putting together a cabinet you need assemble a team of rivals and two, you cannot kill a vampire with an axe. you need a built-in shotgun in that mother humper. lincoln the vampire. [ laughter ] [ laughter ] didn't take off like we thought it would. [ laughter ] but to the first point when it came time to choose a secretary of defense barack...
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obama going overseas. they take all their friends, guests, and reporters with them. the biggest percentage of their flights are for political purposes. do you have any comment on this? guest: in the pentagon and dod as well as other federal agencies, they are curtailing travel for employees for state conferences and stuff along those lines. that stuff has already been frozen. sequestration, there are waivers that have been approved. there have been some major military trade shows in the last two weeks down south. it is yet to be seen whether those will continue if the cuts go into effect. host: senator john mccain was on the talk shows over the weekend. here is what he had to say. [video clip] >> we have already cut undersecretary gates. we are on track to cut another $487 billion out of defense. now you lay on top of that these enormous reductions as well. by the way, defense is 19% of the overall discretionary budget. defense is taking 50% of the cuts. if we do not believe our military leaders, who do we believe? i think what we're doing now to the men and women se
obama going overseas. they take all their friends, guests, and reporters with them. the biggest percentage of their flights are for political purposes. do you have any comment on this? guest: in the pentagon and dod as well as other federal agencies, they are curtailing travel for employees for state conferences and stuff along those lines. that stuff has already been frozen. sequestration, there are waivers that have been approved. there have been some major military trade shows in the last...
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because i think that barack obama is an extraordinary president, great president. i don't think he is abraham lincoln, although he may have been begin the beneficiary of the kinds of providential intervention given what we had before barack obama. and i think helped turn the country around. the important issue, i think, has to be, a democracy doesn't work if it's dependent on every once in a while an absolutely great leader showing up. for democracy to function and have continuity and coherence and progress, the system itself, the people, have to work, and i think that by and large, american history, we have -- it has a system that functions, and i think steven and i both wanted to make a movie in which -- the real hero is not abraham lincoln but democracy itself, the democratic process, small d democratic process, and the house of representatives, in its own cumbersome fashion, is a big element in the process, and has from time to time succeeded with all of its shortcomings and warts and problems, in passing some of the most splendid and important pieces of legisl
because i think that barack obama is an extraordinary president, great president. i don't think he is abraham lincoln, although he may have been begin the beneficiary of the kinds of providential intervention given what we had before barack obama. and i think helped turn the country around. the important issue, i think, has to be, a democracy doesn't work if it's dependent on every once in a while an absolutely great leader showing up. for democracy to function and have continuity and coherence...
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but look, it was obama's idea -- >> shannon: which he says it wasn't. but jack lew, the idea allegedly bubbled through him. but the president will say that congress came up with tthey have to solve it. >> the fact of the matter is -- i don't want to say the truth, it was the white house's idea. the other important fact is in the last year, republicans in the house have twice passed legislation to do away with the sequester and replace it with more orderly cuts. democrats haven't given it the time of day. why do you wait until there is a week to go to all of a sudden start telling people the world's going to come to an end, if the world's going to come to an end, the senate didn't like the house bills -- do different bills -- why didn't they pass a bill? why didn't the president encourage everybody? if there is going to be a sequestration summit, why wasn't if months ago? the president has to lead. that's what we pay him for. and right now, this is -- anything but leadership. but i don't think the effects are going to be very bad, unless it's contrived b
but look, it was obama's idea -- >> shannon: which he says it wasn't. but jack lew, the idea allegedly bubbled through him. but the president will say that congress came up with tthey have to solve it. >> the fact of the matter is -- i don't want to say the truth, it was the white house's idea. the other important fact is in the last year, republicans in the house have twice passed legislation to do away with the sequester and replace it with more orderly cuts. democrats haven't...
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but what was obama thinking. but what was obama thinking with intelligence issues that we would have to grapple with. i could not think of a better scenario than having david petraeus at the cia. that's not what he had in mind in 1947. he did not want to put in the hands of military policymakers. what the cia was created for was to challenge military intelligence. the cia has done its job correctly and that is what they have done on things such as arms control or vietnam, for that matter. what needs to be done, and let me just check the time to, we don't have a lot of time. let me go over to areas very quickly. the first deals with the defense budget and the other that deals with the need to militarize the entire national security system. there is a chapter in the book and i'm not going to get into the specifics of the reduction that i could argue that you could take a trillion dollars very easily and have a defense budget over the next 10 years and you would still have the same level of spending in 2007. we spen
but what was obama thinking. but what was obama thinking with intelligence issues that we would have to grapple with. i could not think of a better scenario than having david petraeus at the cia. that's not what he had in mind in 1947. he did not want to put in the hands of military policymakers. what the cia was created for was to challenge military intelligence. the cia has done its job correctly and that is what they have done on things such as arms control or vietnam, for that matter. what...
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they are planning to votes to repeal obama care and parts of obama care later this year. the governors have a more real problem that they are facing right now. >> and speaking of shifting to the middle, on friday, the obama administration filed a brief calling for the supreme court to strike down the -- do you think that same sex marriage something -- is something that we will see republicans supporting? >> we have seen a lot of softening as being opposed to same sex marriage. with don't ask don't tell in 2010, there were eight republicans that voted for the repeal of that. we have seen a cultural shift and i think that republicans will be swept along by this tide where most people back same sex marriage. it's difficult for republicans to on the one hand argue for limited government. government get off milan sort of politics. but, at the same time, say that government should legislate who should be allowed to get mary. . >> former utah governor john huntsman who ran for president last year wrote, conservatives should start to lead again and push states to join the nine ot
they are planning to votes to repeal obama care and parts of obama care later this year. the governors have a more real problem that they are facing right now. >> and speaking of shifting to the middle, on friday, the obama administration filed a brief calling for the supreme court to strike down the -- do you think that same sex marriage something -- is something that we will see republicans supporting? >> we have seen a lot of softening as being opposed to same sex marriage. with...
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from the piece, ted cruz then went on to assert that president obama would have made a perfect president of harvard law school. the reason is because there were fewer declared republicans in that community than there were communists. there was one republican, but there were 12 who would say they were marxists, who believed in the communists overthrowing the united states government. 12 exactly. you sure it was exactly 12, sir? 12 implies you counted an it wasn't 11 and it wasn't 13, it was 12. spokesman for harvard law school gave this comment. we are puzzled by the senator's assertions as we are unaware of any basis for them. charles fried also told jane mayer today, "i have not taken a poll, but i would be surprised if there were any members of the faculty who believed in the communists overthrowing the u.s. government." still, though, it sounds good, particularly when you use that really specific number. i mean, those commies can deny it, but clearly, he's got the fact. he's got a list of 12. jane mayer joins us next. so i d. so i d. i used to have bad dreams, but not anymore. [ barks
from the piece, ted cruz then went on to assert that president obama would have made a perfect president of harvard law school. the reason is because there were fewer declared republicans in that community than there were communists. there was one republican, but there were 12 who would say they were marxists, who believed in the communists overthrowing the united states government. 12 exactly. you sure it was exactly 12, sir? 12 implies you counted an it wasn't 11 and it wasn't 13, it was 12....